Patty Jane Dobbin Rolvaag

Patty Jane Dobbin is the daughter of a couple of alcoholics. When she was young, Patty Jane would have to fight to care for herself and her sister in a household where violence and verbal abuse was an everyday occurrence. Patty Jane's parents died when she was still a teenager, forcing her and her sister to live with a relative who resented having to take on two more children. As a result, Patty Jane worked until she had the money to get herself and her sister a place of their own, where they would live together until the day Patty Jane got married.

Patty Jane is highly in tune with her body. Patty Jane knows that she has conceived a child on her wedding night despite the precautions she and her new husband take. Patty Jane tells everyone she is pregnant, but no one takes...